plagiarize
verb (used with object)
to take and use by plagiarism.
had plagiarized
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past perfectof plagiarize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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That campaign, however, was derailed a touch last Thursday when Business Insider reported that Ackman’s wife had plagiarized several passages in her 2010 doctoral dissertation at MIT, where she later worked as a professor.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2024
In April, Science aired accusations that Dias had plagiarized extensively for his 2013 doctoral thesis at Washington State University.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
Allegations that Galves had plagiarized parts of the academic report submitted for a computer engineering degree emerged on social media.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2023
In 2011, De Keersmaeker claimed that Beyoncé, in her music video "Countdown," had plagiarized De Keersmaeker's dances from two different works – "Rosas danst Rosas" and "Achterland" – without giving her credit.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2021
It was some years since proven that he had plagiarized other poems,—even one from Mrs. Hemans.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 by Various
